Kate is an artist-printmaker who combines creating her own handmade work with running art-for-wellbeing workshops. Kate knows how using her hands calms her mind and how truly stopping to really look at things – be that texture, colour, lines, light, pattern etc – is like magic. It’s this calm and sense of magic that she hopes to share with you through these art-for-wellbeing workshops with The Flying Child. “My sessions aren’t about teaching you how to draw or paint or create a specific thing, but more about how to look, and how to use different materials and techniques to create your own piece. I know how tempting (and potentially off-putting) it can be to compare your finished piece to someone else’s, so I always provide a variety of source images so that yours and everyone else’s will be simply be different to all the others.”

Saša is an award-winning journalist, poet, author, and creator of the ‘Write it Out’ journalling workshops. Whether it’s an email to your boss, a card for a friend, or just a post-it note on the fridge to remind the family to get some milk, you write every day to communicate with other people… but how often do you write to communicate with yourself? Saša’s ‘Write it Out’ journalling workshops reveal how the simple and regular act of putting pen to paper can help clear mental clutter so you can reduce stress, get more productive and creative, and be honest with yourself about what you really want to achieve – and how to do it. "All you need to bring along is a notebook, a pen, and an open mind."

Jasmine is a qualified counsellor who is passionate about supporting child and adult survivors of CSA. As a survivor of CSA herself, she knows the importance of working in a trauma-informed, non-judgemental and kind way. Jasmine has a Masters in Psychology and worked in organisations such as SARSAS, colleges and the NHS. She is currently managing her own private practice. Jasmine first got involved with The Flying Child after hearing about their writing courses for survivors of CSA. “I had never heard of any creative spaces specifically for survivors of CSA and wanted to get involved straight away! As survivors we often experience feelings of shame and ‘otherness’ that can be hard to verbalise, so having spaces like these where we can create, laugh, cry, and just feel a sense of togetherness is so important. I feel extremely proud to be working with the Flying Child and the survivor community.”

Danielle is a qualified counsellor who has received support from The Flying Child previously and is proud to be paying forward that which has been so valuable to her own process and learning. After a varied career in corporate roles including people management, marketing and HR, she is now working in the mental health sector and has set up a private practice alongside the Wellbeing Support role with The Flying Child. Like many others at The Flying Child, Danielle spends much of her down time with her dog, Angus, and finds that combination of being out in nature alongside a four legged companion is the best way to enjoy softer moments that feel good for the soul.